Benefactors

Time: 8.00pm /Matinees @ 3.00pm on Saturday 4th,11th & 18th.

b*spoke theatre company presents the Irish Premiere of
Benefactors
by Michael Frayn
Directed by Lynne Parker

This timely mix of political drama, irony and wit, centres on David and Jane, a happy and prosperous couple and by contrast, their neighbours, Colin and Sheila, bitter and struggling. David, an idealistic architect, is currently working on the redevelopment of a city slum – this propels him and his wife to take on their neighbours as their next 'redevelopment' project; however, their new construction has a disastrous outcome. This well-crafted and complex play explores the contrasting natures of those who help and those who are helped; those who create and those who destroy.

Michael Frayn is one of England’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights. Benefactors won the Olivier Award for Best New Play and the New York Critics Circle Award. Other works by Michael Frayn include Copenhagen, Noises Off and his novel, Spies.

Mr. Frayn's dazzling play – NY Times

Michael Frayn's witty architectural comedy – The Guardian

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